Improvement in metallic awnings



E. 0. POHL. Metallic Awning.

No. 208,692. Patented Oct. 8,1878.

UNITED STATES PATENT OEEIeE.

ERNST OTTO POHL, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN METALLIC AWNINGS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 208,692, dated October 8, 1878; application. filed I September 8, 1877.

To all whom it may concern:

Be'it known that I, ERNST OTTo POHL, of the city and county of Philadelphia, and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Metallic Awnings or Coverings, of which the following is a specification:

The object of my invention is to provide an adjustable awning or covering of simple construction for protection from sunlight, rain, hail, and snow, without interfering with the admission of light and air, as required, and so arranged that it can easily be operated from within a building or any other convenient place.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side view of an adjustable awning when opened. Fig. 2 is a top view of the same when closed; Fig. 3, a detached view of the ratchet and pulley on an enlarged scale.

a is a frame of an awning of ordinary construction.

Metallic strips or metallic frames with heavy glass inserted, c c, are fastened to the rafters b by means of hinges d d, in such a manner that one overlaps the other when closed. The metallic strips or frames 0 c are also conlift the weighted end of the pawl 'i, thereby.

releasing its hold on the ratchet-pulley g, and the metallic strips or frames 0 0 will close by gravitation.

I hereby claim- The awning herein described, consisting of the frame a, rafters b, hinged plates 0, bars e, and ropes or chains f, pulleys g g, pawl i, ratchet-wheel, and lever It, all substantially as shown, and for the purpose specified.

E. ()TTO POHL.

itnesses I. PoHL, JOHN WELSH. 

